Use of Staged Molecular Analysis to Determine Causes of Unexplained Central Nervous System Infections

Use of Staged Molecular Analysis to Determine Causes of Unexplained Central Nervous System Infections

No agent is implicated in most central nervous system (CNS) infections. To investigate cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with CNS infections of unknown cause in 1 hospital in Taiwan, we used a staged molecular approach, incorporating techniques including multiplex MassTag PCR, 16S rRNA PCR,...

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Main Authors: Chien-Chin Hsu, Rafal Tokarz, Thomas Briese, Hung-Chin Tsai, Phenix-Lan Quan, W. Ian Lipkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
CNS infections
meningitis
encephalitis
MassTag PCR
16S rRNA PCR
microarray
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/9/13-0474_article

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